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Chapter 1084 Candidates

Although Xu Guangguo continued to play eloquently, the development of the situation was similar to what Lu Wancai and others judged. When Xu Guangguo spoke, the others immediately followed suit.

The key is that Xu Guangguo's label is too obvious in this family's words, what he said is too biased, and his persuasion is not so effective.

It can be seen from top to bottom what Xu Guangguo's intention is. It is nothing more than wanting Wang Tong to lead the army again. He was so crushed that he couldn't breathe, and when the officials moved slightly, his knife was raised.

If he is allowed to go to North Korea to Pingwa this time and make great contributions, what will everyone do next? Although there may not be any disasters such as killing one's body and breaking one's family, such a person is always uncomfortable.

It's strange to say that since the news of the Japanese pirates' invasion of North Korea and then of Ming Dynasty until now, no one in the Ming Dynasty has considered failure. The military affairs are changeable, and the victory and defeat are irregular. No one dares to say with absolute certainty. , but Daming is like this this time.

Even if Zu Chengxun rushed into Pyongyang with thousands of riders, and suffered extremely heavy losses after the fall, everyone felt that the Pingwa of North Korea would be a great achievement.

It's hard to say how the process will be now, but the victory of this national war will definitely belong to Daming. Now no one in the capital said so, and no one publicly wrote it on paper, but all discussions are based on this. Who will be the coach? , Whoever can achieve this great achievement will take the initiative in the future.

Since the fifth year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty also had small setbacks in its foreign wars, but the mainstream was one victory after another. The big troubles of the Ming Dynasty outside the Great Wall and outside the customs could mobilize tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops. In this way, one by one was defeated and the country was destroyed.

Against such a background of victory, everyone has a judgment about the upcoming war in North Korea. Daming will win, and Daming will win big.

Xu Guangguo said so, but there were also officials from the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, and officials who went to Liaoning on business, and they all went to the forum to debate. They all said that after the big defeat, the Li family worked hard and trained hard. , the combat power is better than before, but these remarks are not so convincing when they are connected with the recent defeat of Zu Chengxun.

Therefore, in the remarks of the capital, Zu Chengxun was quite belittled, saying that this man was not good at using soldiers, and he was focused on making money and doing business on weekdays, and his soldiers and horses were not called soldiers at all.

In particular, the Liaoning inspectorate is very convincing to the Li family's remarks. According to the inspection envoy's duty to spy on and collect local information, his evaluation of the Li family is more authoritative. He said that the Li family knew the shame and was brave. don't fall.

Of course, the key point is not the Li family in western Liaoning. It only needs to be explained that the Li family in western Liaoning can still be used, and the soldiers are still good at fighting.

Li Rusong, who was in the Xuanfu, did have a lot of shining points worth talking about, such as the big and small victories since the early years of Wanli. Not bad, because Li Rusong participated in all the big and small battles announced by the imperial army and the armed forces of the merchant group, and he gained a lot, which is also a real achievement. His luck is also good, and the Li family suffered several major defeats. Neither joined him.

Such a general has enough qualifications and merits, and Li Rusong has a good relationship with Wang Tong's imperial army system, and everyone cooperates a lot, so it is very appropriate for him to be promoted as a candidate.

After Li Rusong, the chief soldier of the Xuanfu, was pushed out as the candidate to lead the army, there were not many voices of opposition from the ruling and opposition parties, and even a few neutral people in the court could not say anything.

Li Rusong also sent a report to Emperor Wanli, saying that the current situation is to ensure the stability of the border between Daming and North Korea, and deploy troops slowly, but the defense must be done first, and we must actively arrange spies to North Korea to learn as much as possible. Case.

Wang Tong had also expressed this opinion, so Emperor Wanli also felt that Li Rusong was really suitable, and he could be regarded as a seasoned and prudent general.

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Arguments come to an end. The Ministry of War has given enough attention to the situation in North Korea. The Han Gang Division of the Huwei Army, which has been stationed on the side of the capital, was transferred to Yongping Mansion, and it was also assigned half of the cavalry of the Huwei Army's Forbidden Army. Jizhen and Jingying each dispatched four thousand elites to accompany them.

This is a cautious response. If there is any sudden change in the situation in Liaoning, the most elite forces of the Forbidden Army will respond immediately.

Governor Xu Guangguo has been given more autocratic power. In fact, the current Xu Guangguo said that it is more appropriate for the governor of the three towns of Liaoning. Preparation is a program.

Xu Guangguo, governor of Liaoning, dispatched [-] cavalry from the Ma Lin Division of Liaodong Commander-in-Chief to southern Liaoning. Li Rubai, the Liaoxi Commander-in-Chief, had already led the elite troops there, and Sun Shoulian, the Liaonan Commander-in-Chief, naturally mobilized all of them.

In addition to these arrangements, the governor Xu Guangguo himself also recruited troops. He recruited more than [-] soldiers from the regiments inside and outside the side wall and the armed forces of the merchants. In addition to his own pacesetters, there were almost [-] people for defense. Ding Liao Youwei's mobile force.

The debate over who is the commander-in-chief in the DPRK and China is still going on. Officials have a bad impression of Xu Guangguo, a governor who was born in Juren, and this debate has made this impression even worse.

However, during the preparations in Liaoning, there is one thing that no one can deny. Xu Guangguo is indeed a capable member. He has been in Liaoning for less than two years, and he has accumulated so much food and money. , A lot of money and food can be raised on the spot, which saves a lot of trouble in transshipment.

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Time passed quickly. At the beginning of September, the Japanese pirate army did not make any major moves in North Korea. In the middle of Pyongan Road in North Korea, the remaining North Korean troops even launched several counterattacks. The scale was not large, but the Japanese pirate army pursued and suppressed them. The scale is not large, and they are inexplicably caught in a stalemate.

The spies and spies sent to North Korea also had an effect, and some local people in North Korea saw that the situation did not continue to collapse, and began to take the initiative to come to the territory controlled by North Korea and Daming territory to inform.

Daming finally knew how many Japanese troops were in Pyongyang City and who the main general was. Although this information was not accurate, it was much more reliable than before.

In Pyongyang is the first army of the Japanese pirate army. The leader of the army is Yuki Konishi, and the strength is between 2 and [-]. Everyone is really confused about what the leader of the army is, but in comparison, it can be Knowing that it is almost the official title of the Ming Dynasty General Soldier, good guy, the Japanese pirates actually sent more than a dozen general soldiers to North Korea at once!
There is also an answer to why the offensive stagnated. North Korea was defeated too quickly, and the Japanese army advanced too fast. As a result, after advancing to Pyongyang City, the logistics supplies could not keep up.

North Korea is barren, and the food is mainly stored in several big cities and several southern provinces. However, the Japanese pirate army tossed too much at the beginning. They burned, killed, looted, and acted recklessly. Burn it, and then because of the massacre and looting, there are too many corpses, and there is still a plague.

Pyongyang continues to move west to north, and there are not enough large cities and gathering areas to provide food, so the army can only be maintained in Pyongyang City, moving corpses, looting army food everywhere, and even urging local North Koreans to farm, hoping to Get some supplies from local farming.

Moreover, that time when Zu Chengxun made an aggressive advance, thousands of cavalry were trapped in the inferior terrain by the Japanese pirate army, and suffered heavy losses, that is to say, the main general escaped, but the Japanese pirate army had such a big advantage, both in number and terrain An extremely huge advantage, but his own casualties are more than [-].

This casualty ratio makes the generals of the Japanese pirates also awe-inspiring. I didn't expect the fighting power of the Ming army to reach this level. There are hundreds of cavalry in the Ming army wearing armor similar to that of Nanman soldiers. This is also unexpected by the Japanese generals. The Japanese said The southern barbarians are the Portuguese and the Spaniards, and their plate armor is also circulated in the Japanese daimyo.

The fighting power and equipment of the Ming army made Japanese pirates dare not move lightly. Chief Xiaonishi wrote to the base camp in Seoul, saying that everything must wait for the army to come up before advancing. mistake.

The current border between North Korea and Ming Dynasty is tense and quiet. The army is constantly gathering, but they are only stationed and deployed, and they dare not move lightly.

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The soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty and the army of Japanese pirates are not in a hurry. The most anxious thing is that the North Korean monarchs and ministers are going up and down. For this reason, the North Korean monarchs and ministers were ashamed.

They also understood that if they didn't give a reasonable explanation, they might really be in big trouble. As a result, at the end of August, Governor Xu Guangguo of Liaoning went to Yizhou in person to listen to the explanation of King Li Yan of North Korea.

Regarding the reasons for the failure mentioned by Zu Chengxun, Li Yan explained that the reason why North Korea wanted to take over the command from the generals of the Ming Dynasty was because the North Korean officials were eager to restore the country and forgot about the top and bottom orders. As for the lack of military food preparations, it is because North Korea has a poor land and financial resources, and it really cannot afford to supply them. As for North Korean soldiers and horses, some people chatted loudly with the enemy on the battlefield, and some North Korean bows and arrows even shot at the enemy. The soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty, this, most of the Korean territory was occupied by Japanese pirates, and many traitors defected to the enemy, perhaps there were secret agents mixed in.

After this explanation was made into a memorial and traveled around, Emperor Wanli approved a sentence in the memorial, "In the future, for the sake of convenience, there is no need to inform North Korea about any military affairs related to North Korea."
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